The big idea: has the digital economy killed capitalism?
Rather than turbo-charging the free market, Amazon et al have brought back a kind of feudalism
Pixel 8 review: Google’s smaller, longer-lasting Android
Plenty of power, camera and fancy AI features packed into a smaller frame that is cheaper than rivals
AI doomsday warnings a distraction from the danger it already poses, warns expert
A leading researcher, who will attend this week’s AI safety summit in London, warns of ‘real threat to the public conversation’
AI promises incredible benefits, but also terrible risks. It’s not luddism to rein it in
Safeguards are vital even if artificial technology helps unlock the answers to our biggest questions
Police urged to double use of facial recognition software
Policing minister Chris Philp suggests target of more than 200,000 searches over next six months in England and Wales
Thousands of men in private Facebook groups that are ‘cesspits’ of racism and misogyny
While women’s groups on the platform support and warn others, men’s groups feature mostly derogatory comments
Gaza in communications blackout as Israel intensifies siege
Reports from enclave depict chaos and anguish as medics struggle to coordinate rescue efforts
Artists may make AI firms pay a high price for their software’s ‘creativity’
Computer-generated art seemed magical at first, but it works by ‘scraping’ the creations of real people. Now they’re angry, and have the tools to fight back
Major UK retailers urged to quit ‘authoritarian’ police facial recognition strategy
Human rights campaigners say the Pegasus initiative wrongly criminalises people of colour, women and LGBTQ+ people
‘Giving computers a sense of smell’: the quest to scientifically map odours
By digitising scents as we have images and sounds, researchers hope they can transform everything from food and agriculture to disease prevention
‘It’s just a matter of time’: why AI could help Europe create its own Apple or Google
Silicon Valley overshadows its transatlantic rivals. But as artificial intelligence grows – and with a global summit on it this week – some think it could offer a Euro startup the chance to become a new Google
Race to AI: the origins of artificial intelligence, from Turing to ChatGPT
Today’s poem-writing AI has ancestry in punch-card machines, trundling robots and godlike gaming engines
I felt numb – not sure what to do. How did deepfake images of me end up on a porn site?
I hadn’t ever had cause to think about how manipulated online content could impact my life. Then, one winter morning, someone knocked at my door …
Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless
We’ve watched in horrified fascination as the town square that was once the world’s collective pulse has gone up in flames
Sam Bankman-Fried admits to ‘large mistakes’ in crypto fraud trial testimony
Bankman-Fried says his biggest mistake was not implementing a dedicated risk management team for crypto trading platform FTX